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Topic: What are your New Year's resolutions? Version 2013 (Read 1770 times)

I usually keep mine; in 2012 it was to complete the Warrior Dash. And I did it! Super fun, BTW.

This year, I want to cook more. I truly enjoy cooking and I want to do it more often. This past year, between bouts of illnesses and pure laziness, we got into the habit of frozen pizzas or sandwiches. So 2013 is the Year of the Kitchen!

Unfortunately I won't really be able to start at the beginning of 2013...I fractured my ribs last week by tripping over the cat and landing on the edge of the tub. Bending to get the heavy pans out of the oven just isn't possible right now.

I have mapped out every bill we owe and every pay check my DH and I have coming in (of course, you know what they say about "the best laid plans," but we're going with it anyway). Based on what I've figured, we can meet several financial goals this year:1. Pay off my car early2. Save for a house downpayment3. Have a healthy emergency fund

Clean out and organize the garage so it doesn't look like DH and I are in the early stages of hoarding... And lose weight, but that's been a resolution for a couple years now without a whole lot of result, so I think I'll stick to the garage...

Clean up my sewing room so that I can use it again - tendinitis in my wrists has meant not using them a lot, so no sewing and very little cleaning has been done for the last year or so (the doctor TOLD me to rest them for six months, honest!). It's just taken close to 18 months for the "resting" and thyroid supplements to take effect.

VorGuy has always been one to push going back to "normal" as fast as possible - actually TOO fast - so I've been unable to really "rest" my wrists totally and it has taken longer to see improvement than the doctor had expected. It's an issue with the "John Wayne" generation.....

I'n gong to take better care of myself both physically and emotionally. I have already started by declining to have any of the chocolate layer cake and vanilla bean ice cream my husband had at the coffee house a few days ago. I guess it could be called embracing my health (I was going to say my diabetes, but I think health is a better spin and more positive). Practice saying "No." We go to an exercise class 3 times a week and often miss it (sometimes a good reason sometimes laughable). I will be keeping some duplicate equipment (weights and bands) at home so that I can do some exercise at home. I'm going to think of exercise as 'movement' or 'activity' since I really, really, really hate to exercise.

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I've never knitted anything I could recognize when it was finished. Actually, I've never finished anything, much to my family's relief.

Do menu planning and arrange to cook meals early in the morning when I have the energy so only reheating is needed. Also make sauces and things like that for freezing. This will also limit trips to the grocery store and temptation at the store deli (which isn't that great but is easy if you are hungry and don't feel like cooking).

« Last Edit: December 29, 2012, 12:39:05 AM by Bijou »

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I've never knitted anything I could recognize when it was finished. Actually, I've never finished anything, much to my family's relief.